108,000 CHF
Ref. 1579 “Pink Gold” Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 868885, case No. 699392, Ref. 1579. Made in 1956, sold on February 28th, 1958. Extremely fine and rare, oversized, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, faceted teardrop lugs. Matte silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals and pyramidal indexes, outer minute and 1/5th second track, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outermost tachometer scale. Pink gold “feuille” hands. Notes Due to its large size, Ref. 1579 is one of the most sought-after non water-resistant Patek Philippe chronographs. Ref. 1579 Production of this reference began in 1943. This reference was produced in Staybrite (very rare), in steel with pink gold lugs, bezel, and crown (extremely rare), in yellow gold (standard production), pink and in white gold (extremely rare). Only three examples were made in platinum.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-03-16
